Tag: Jimmy Johnson
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Stage Buzz: Hey Nonny’s Winter Blues Summit [with added Photo Gallery]
Winter has traditionally been a slow season for music festivals in Chicagoland while folks recover from their holiday hangovers. Other than the TNK Festival in Chicago, a sturdy and dependable showcase of emerging talent, thereās not been the equivalent in the suburbs. The folks at Hey Nonny and Straight Arrow Productions are changing the […]
Sweet Home: Ronnie Baker Brooks
Donāt call it a comeback. Although itās been an entire decade since Ronnie Baker Brooks has released an album, his presence in the blues industry during that timeĀ has been ubiquitous. āI produced Eddy Clearwaterās album, West Side Strut, I did a compilation with Johnny Castro, I co-produced my dadās last album and Iāve been […]
Sweet Home: November 2010
Of Mythical Proportions Famous for his raw, soulful vocals and flashy delivery, Syl Johnson may be noted as a soul-music icon, but he was a blues master long before he took up that mantle. Listening to his crackling tenor slice through his 1975 hit, “Take Me To The River,” it’s easy to forget that the […]
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